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.TH "HTDIGEST" 1 "2012-07-19" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdigest"

.SH NAME
htdigest \- manage user files for digest authentication

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
 
.PP
\fBhtdigest\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIrealm\fR \fIusername\fR
 

.SH "SUMMARY"
 
.PP
htdigest is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP users\&. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by htdigest\&.
 
.PP
This manual page only lists the command line arguments\&. For details of the directives necessary to configure digest authentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at http://httpd\&.apache\&.org/\&.
 

.SH "OPTIONS"
 
 
.TP
-c
Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is deleted first\&.  
.TP
\fIpasswdfile\fR
Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password\&. If -c is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist\&.  
.TP
\fIrealm\fR
The realm name to which the user name belongs\&. See http://tools\&.ietf\&.org/html/rfc2617#section-3\&.2\&.1 for more details\&.  
.TP
\fIusername\fR
The user name to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist is this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&.  
 
.SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS"
 
.PP
This program is not safe as a setuid executable\&. Do \fInot\fR make it setuid\&.